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    Brooks and Capehart on the political reaction to Trump's tariffs

    4/4/2025 - 6:35 pm

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's sweeping new tariffs draw criticism from leaders on both sides of the aisle, how voters will respond to the move and Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor.

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    FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House

    Trade war, tariffs and uncertainty drag markets to worst week in years

    4/4/2025 - 6:55 pm

    Stocks were in free fall again Friday as markets saw their worst week in years. The trade war heated up as China responded to President Trump with their own 34 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods. Markets fell further after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the tariffs are expected to lead to higher prices and weaken the economy. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Justin Wolfers.

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    FILE PHOTO: US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law

    News Wrap: Trump gives TikTok another 75 days to find American buyer to keep app running

    4/4/2025 - 6:50 pm

    In our news wrap Friday, President Trump said he's giving TikTok another 75 days to find an American buyer, Secretary of State Rubio said it will become clear within weeks whether Russia truly intends to pursue peace with Ukraine, a judge ordered the Trump administration to return a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and a South Korean court removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office.

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    FILE PHOTO: Job openings advertised at businesses in Cambridge

    Fired federal workers struggling to land new jobs in tightening white-collar sector

    4/4/2025 - 6:45 pm

    The latest jobs report came in stronger than anticipated, demonstrating again that the job market has been far more resilient than many expected. But some say the data doesn't reflect layoffs underway and that job opportunities are tightening in the white-collar sector. That is a big worry for federal workers being cut. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

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In 1950, an orphaned bear cub was rescued from a wildfire in New Mexico and brought to Washington to live at the National Zoo. Named "Smokey" after the popular Forest Service character, the cub became a real life advocate for fire prevention and got so much fan mail that the U.S. Postal Service gave him his own private D.C. zipcode.

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A Black Arlington Neighborhood was Destroyed to Build the Pentagon

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In 1941, the U.S. was preparing for World War II. Residents of Queen City, a tight-knit Black neighborhood in Arlington, watched in awe as nearly 15,000 workers erected the Pentagon on a plot of federally-owned land next to their community. Some had enlisted, while others worked for the federal government. But then the government came for their shops, their churches and even their homes.

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When the President Commuted to the Oval Office from Alexandria, VA

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After Richard Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal, Gerald Ford found himself in uncharted territory. When Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, the White House was not yet ready for him. So, for the first 10 days of his Presidency, Ford commuted to the Oval Office and his suburban neighborhood home in Alexandria, Virginia became the unlikely epicenter of American politics.

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